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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Leica cameras, Hexar RF, Lumix, Leica M5, Leica CL, Leica R8, Leica M3, Leicaflex SL, Leica R9, Leica M mount, Leica M8, List of Leica cameras, Leica Geosystems, Leica M6, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7, Leica R bayonet, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8, Leica Standard, Leicaflex SL2, Leica Digilux 3, Leica III, Leica MP, Leica M2, Leica M4, Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10, Leica X1, Leica Digilux 2, Leica M9, Leica Digilux 1, Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3, Leica Microsystems, Leica M7, Leica 250 Reporter, Leica M1, Leica R3. Excerpt: Ur-Leica ("original Leica"), from 1914Leica Camera AG, a German optics company, produces Leica cameras. The predecessor of the company, formerly Ernst Leitz GmbH, is now three companies: Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica Microsystems AG, producing cameras, geosurvey equipment, and microscopes, respectively. Leica Microsystems AG is the owner of the Leica brand, and grants licences to Leica Camera AG and Leica Geosystems. Reproduction of the Leica Prototype, 1913, 1:3,5The first Leica prototypes were built by Oskar Barnack at Ernst Leitz Optische Werke, Wetzlar, in 1913. Intended as a compact camera for landscape photography, particularly during mountain trips, the Leica was the first practical 35 mm camera, using standard cinema 35 mm film. The Leica transports the film horizontally, extending the frame size to 24x36 mm, instead of the 18x24 mm used by cinema cameras which transported the film vertically, with a 2:3 aspect ratio. The Leica went through several iterations, and in 1923 Barnack convinced his boss, Ernst Leitz II, to make a prototype series of 31. The camera was an immediate success when introduced at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Fair as the Leica I (for Leitz camera). The focal plane shutter had a range from 1/20 to 1/500 second, in addition to a Z for Zeit (time) ...
